Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-49388

Critical

Published: 15 October 2024

Published
15 October 2024
Modified
04 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0027 50.8th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-49388 is a critical-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 49.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Sensitive information manipulation due to improper authorization. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, Windows) before build 38690.

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

acronis
cyber protect
16 · ≤ 15

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References